Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 131 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 329 33% 268 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3111) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 17 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 182 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2085 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2068 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66419 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 68.5 Write 72.2 Mixed 68.1 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	113x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $75

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16